List Of Villains Who Turned Heroes

Villains don't always stay villainous, especially when they become popular with the cine-goers. Indeed some of the well known heroic character in Indian films had started their careers on the opposite side of the fence. Here are the list of few actors, who initially started their career by playing antagonists and later made big name as superstars. See the photos of villains, who turned heroes in the photo-gallery...

Rajinikanth

Rajinikanth, one of the popular face in Indian cinema started his career by playing antagonist in Kannada movies. He was seen in the negative shade in the movies like Katha Sangama, Galaate Samsara and others.

Ambareesh

Though he is famous as Rebel Star Ambareesh in Kannada film industry, Ambareesh is still remembered for his Jaleela's character in the movie Naagarahaavu.

Tiger Prabhakar

Tiger Prabhakar made his acting debut as an antagonist in Kannada movies. He came to limelight as a forest brigand in Dr Rajkumar starrer Gandada Gudi.

Ravichandran

Khadeema Kallaru, Chakravyuha and Ramanna Shamanna are the few Kannada movies, which featured Crazy Star V Ravichandran in an antagonist role.

Darshan

Challenging Star Darshan made his debut as an antagonist in Kannada movie Mahabharatha, which had Vinod Raj in the lead role.

Jaggesh

Multi-talented actor Jaggesh played villain role in many of the early Kannada movies like Ranaranga, Yuddha Kanda, Ajay Vijay and others.

Devraj

Dynamic Hero Devraj started his career by playing antagonist role in early Kannada movies. He played villain role in Yudha Kanda, Dance Raja Dance and others.

Prakash Raj

Multi-talented personality Prakash Raj played antagonist in many movies. He is the all time favourite baddie for South film makers.

Duniya Vijay

Black Cobra Duniya Vijay played antagonist role in the movies like Ranga SSLC, Sri, Deadly Soma and others. Blockbuster movie Duniya gave him a huge break in his career.

Srinagara Kitty

Chandra Chakori, Gowdru, Ayya and Love Story are the few Kannada movies, which featured Diamond Star Srinagara Kitty in the antagonist role.

Yogesh

Kannada actor Yogesh adapted his screen name as Loose Madha Yogesh. The actor played the role of Loose Madha in Duniya.

Jai Jagadeesh

Producer-director-actor Jai Jagadeesh played antagonist role in Ranadheera, Bandana and others.

Shashi Kumar

Along with Jaggesh, Supreme Hero Shashi Kumar started his career by playing antagonist role in early Kannada movies.

Sai Kumar

Sai Kumar, who is known as Dialogue King started his career by playing antagonist role in many Telugu movies.

Kishore

Though he was not successful as a hero, Kishore has played villain role in many movies.

Avinash

Critically acclaimed actor Avinash started his career by playing antagonist in many movies. He has played the hero role in the many art and award winning movies.

Sourav

Along with Darshan, Sourav too was seen in the negative role in Mahabharatha. The movie was directed by S Narayan.

BC Patil

Action thriller Nishkarsha and violent family entertainer Kutumba are the movies, which features BC Patil in the negative shade.

Karthik Jayaram

Karthik Jayaram aka JK played antagonist in the Sudeep's movies like Only Vishnuvardhana andVaradanayaka. He played lead role in Sandalwood's recent release Just Love.